Costco Worker Sparks Debate After Claiming She Earns $30/Hour Drawing On Receipts

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Everyone works hard to earn their money.

Some people would agree that there are some jobs that are less demanding than others. A debate online has arisen causing many to believe one Costco worker is not working hard for their money.

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Costco is a wonderful store that has just about everything you could ever want.

From groceries and home decor to electronics and new tires for your car, if you want it, Costco has it.

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Worker Stirring Up Drama

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A Costco employee has caused some recent drama on TikTok.

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Natalie's recent video highlights employees' rate of pay. According to Natalie, all she has to do to earn her paycheck is draw smiley faces on receipts.

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Sounding Off In Comments

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The video received 2 million likes and thousands of comments.

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Many commenters were comparing the pay that they receive to what Natalie says she makes for her "easy" job.

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TikTokker Responds

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A fellow TikToker decided to make a video in response to Natalie's video.

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She was not reacting negatively to anything that Natalie had said in the video—she was defending her!

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Happens Too Often

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Khaleah said that she has seen these types of comments online before where people call out other jobs that make good money for work that is less demanding.

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She says that the majority of the comments are from people in the healthcare field.

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Redirect The Anger

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She says that she thinks people should be upset that they aren't making more, not because the Costco employees should be making less.

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She thinks that they should redirect their frustration to their own company.